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Affordable VG-10 blades for rehandling?

Hi, I am still looking for a few affordable blades that look nice, are not too demanding (i.e. stainless) and wa style that I can stick a handle on and give them to non-knifenuts friends and family without embarrassing myself. Jantz used to have a wa VG-10 line but they are discontinued unless I want to deal with the bolstered ones. Does anybody happen to know a source? I was thinking about maybe getting a couple of these Russels and ripping the pakka wood handles off (http://www.agrussell.com/japanese-ki...p/SEThhhKDM04/) but maybe someone has a better idea? That's about the price range I was hoping for, too.

Thanks for the recommendations, I will look into them. I didn't know about the Ikea knives, they do look better than many others at that price point. But rehandling might be difficult, and there is no Ikea on the islands anyway.

You could see if the-site-that-shall-not-be-named will sell you artiffex blades sans handle. If you could get em to knock $10 off the price, that would take a 210mm down to $70, and that aeb-l is miles past vg-10.

Blades (edge thickness) might need a little TLC, but after that (and a handle worth 2x more than the blade) your "friends" would be the envy of any knut here.